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  Academic Words Level 3 - 2 - Spelling Practices
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n. [百科事典] a reference work containing articles on various topics


Spelling Word: encyclopedia
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a. [概略] relating to races; a group of people sharing common racial, national, or religious heritage


Spelling Word: ethnic
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n. [専門] specialized knowledge; expert skill


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a. [爆発] tending or serving to sudden outburst; sudden and loud


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n. [ごちそう] festival or holiday; festive or joyous meal; something highly agreeable; entertainment


Spelling Word: feast
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n. [金融] management of money and credit and banking and investments; subsidizing; fund


Spelling Word: finance
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v. [フラット] compliment someone, often insincerely and sometimes to win favor; enhance someone's vanity by praising them


Spelling Word: flatter
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n. [銀河] large, isolated system of stars, as the Milky Way; any collection of brilliant personalities


Spelling Word: galaxy
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v. [投げる] throw with great force; cast; toss


Spelling Word: hurl
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n. [水素] a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless, highly flammable diatomic gas


Spelling Word: hydrogen